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1505s:
USAF "Khaki" Dress Uniform




BB Stacker:
USAF Ammo Pukes




POG:
People Other than Grunts




Corn Crushers:
Feet




TWAT:
Tanker without a tank




S-2 shop:
Desk job




SOS:
Shit On Shingle hamburger meat sauce on toast




4 skins on toast:
thin slices of corn beef in white cream sauce on toast




M.R.E.:
Meal Ready to Eat




Sand soup:
What your MRE's taste like in Iraq




Exhaust sample:
Army Aviation / A joke played on new aircrewman




Chewy / Chewbaka:
Unorginized/ slob soldier




AWOL:
Absent Without Official Leave, often INCORRECTLY referred to as: Absent WithOut Leave.




Prop Wash:
Thrust of air coming from propeller. We used to send the new guys on the flightline to get a 5 gallon bucket of prop wash.




He:
An Air Force Security force member pulling stingermissile duty in korea




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